Adjectives

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Adjectives Adverbs

• 6th Grade Language Arts

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What are ADJECTIVES?

• Adjectives MODIFY nouns
• AKA
• They DESCRIBE things.

A COLORFUL photograph, TWO CUTE kids, a LOVELY
day, a LUSH garden GREAT examples
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Analogy

• Writing is the literary equivalent of cooking, so
  adjectives are one of the spices you have in the
  kitchen.
• Like spices added to a soup, a few adjectives go
  a long way. Don't overdo it. Let the more
  substantial ingredients (strong verbs!) be the
  stars.

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Descriptive Adjectives

• DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES add detail or description
  to the noun, such as color, shape, or size.
• Examples
• Her red shirt was pretty.
• His small dog ran around the huge park.

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Limiting Adjectives

• Give a quantity and amount, as opposed to just
  describing
• Often a number or related word
• Ex There are few students who want to stay for
  detention.
• Ex I saw three apples on that table.
• Ex I got many presents for Christmas.

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• ?Tells which one
• ?This, That, These, Those
• Examples
• This book is great!
• That football is brown.
• These desks are close together.
• Those houses look nice.
• Remember Demonstrative Pronouns? These are the
  same but come before a noun.

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Articles.

• ? Help put your sentences together correctly
• ? a, an, the
• ? Use a before a general noun that starts with
  a consonant sound.
• ? Use an before a general noun that starts with
  a vowel sound.
• ? Use the before a specific noun.
• Examples
• The apple is red.
• An hour has passed since we came in.
• A cow says, Mooooooooo!

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Predicate Adjectives..

• ? Adjective that comes after a linking verb
• ? Describes the subject
• Examples
• The blanket is clean.
• The towel is wet.
• Her face looks angry.
• His drink is bubbly.

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Comparatives.

• ? Used to compare 2 nouns
• ? For 1 syllable words, add er to the end of
  your adjective.
• ? For 3 syllable words, keep the adjective the
  same and put more in front of it.
• ? For 2 syllable words, it can go either waysee
  what sounds right!
• There are some irregulars-Funner?
• Examples
• His soup was hotter than mine.
• My picture is more beautiful than hers.

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Superlatives.

• ? Used to compare 3 nouns
• ? For 1 syllable words, add est to the end of
  your adjective.
• ? For 3 syllable words, keep the adjective the
  same and put most in front of it.
• ? For 2 syllable words, it can go either waysee
  what sounds right!
• There can be irregulars for these, too.
• Examples
• My snowman is the highest one on the street!
• This is the most difficult test that I have ever
  taken.

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Proper Adjectives.

• Proper Adjectives
• ? A specific term to describe a common noun
• ? Comes from a proper noun
• ? Always capitalized
• Examples
• American cheese is my favorite food.
• Some people say that Swiss cheese is better.
• I like Japanese food better than Chinese food.

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Adverbs!

• Used to describe a verb, an adjective, OR another
  adverb.
• Ex The singer danced wildly on stage.?(Wildly
  describes the verb danced.)
• Ex The music was very loud.?(Very describes the
  adjective loud.)
• Ex The concert ended quite quickly.?(Quite
  describes the adverb quickly.)

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Adverbs, continued.

• Adverbs give information such as How, When,
  Where, and To what extent something happened.
• Ex He ran outside quickly.?How
• Ex He fell down yesterday.?When
• Ex He landed here on the garbage.?Where
• Ex He was very embarrassed.?To what extent

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Adverbs, continued.

• An adverb can come in many different places in
  the sentence.
• Ex Guests often dined in the dining room at our
  house.
• Ex Guests dined often in the dining room at our
  house.
• Ex Often guests dined in the dining room at our
  house.
• Ex Guests dined in the dining room at our house
  often.

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Comparative Superlative Adverbs

• Like with adjectives, adverbs are used to
  compare.
• The comparative form compares two actions or
  things.
• Add -er to the end OR more in front
• The superlative form compares more than two
  actions or things.
• Add -est to the end OR most in front

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The End